Richland residents can continue to take certain kinds of yard waste to the city landfill for free under a new fee schedule approved this week by the city council.
On Tuesday, the council approved a voluntary curbside recycling program and a $10 landfill fee to dump certain items.
Residents will not have to pay the fee to dispose of clean yard waste at the landfill -- which includes leaves, grass, shrubs, tree limbs, weeds and other organic yard waste. It does not include dirt or rocks.
Free disposal will continue for electronics, such as computers and television sets, through the landfill's participation in the statewide E-cycle program, as well as for household hazardous wastes through the Benton County Moderate Risk Facility at the landfill.
The $10 fee will apply to other forms of garbage, such as rocks, dirt, lumber, furniture, old clothes and regular household garbage, city officials said.
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Ode to the city of Richland for its prestigious awards and efforts. Richland may appear to be going "green," however I am not buying into it. First the city awarded a business with a "Green" award, and now a "robot" character is reading to children. These are great concepts to encourage recycling. However, how prestigious is this award coming from a city that actually discourages its residents from recycling?
If you participate in the voluntary recycling program in Richland, you will be charged extra. Some residents have two garbage cans. Why is this an option? Why is the city wasting resources patting businesses on the back for something they should all be required to do? Why are we using "robots" to teach our youth and not leading by example?
Schools and residents should all be recycling. The best way to encourage our youth to recycle is by doing it! The fee should be placed on those who contribute more to landfill waste, such as businesses, and not those who are trying to do the right thing. Nearly
Landfill in Walla Walla poisons 3,000 starlings
Landfill in Walla Walla poisons 3,000 starlings
WALLA WALLA -- A Walla Walla official recently poisoned an estimated 3,000 starlings that had been calling a city landfill home. It was the second time the Sudbury Landfill has resorted to poisoning the birds.
Now landfill supervisor Dennis Rakestraw told the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin that he won't use the poison again "because of the people." The newspaper said the mass kill left a couple of the landfill neighbors' yards littered with dead birds.
In the future, Rakestraw said he will rely on noisemakers to scare the birds.
Richland landfill holds 'Santa's Pet Shop' fundraiser
Richland landfill holds 'Santa's Pet Shop' fundraiser
RICHLAND -- Employees at the Horn Rapids Sanitary Landfill in Richland have brought a touch of the North Pole to their workplace, and that spirit has them raising money for homeless pets.
Staff at the city-operated landfill decorated the scalehouse as "Santa's Pet Shop" for the holidays, with a dog house for Santa's dog "Santa Paws" and a custom-built entrance leading into the office. That's covered with animal-themed Christmas decorations.
They also are collecting donations for Pet Over Population Prevention, a local animal rescue organization that offers unwanted pets for adoption on Saturdays in Richland.
FIRE UPDATE: Smoldering trash at Kennewick Waste Management station
FIRE UPDATE: Smoldering trash at Kennewick Waste Management station
Dozens of firefighters are dealing with smoldering trash inside a Kennewick Waste Management station this evening.
Crews were called at 5 p.m. for reports of smoke coming from the Kennewick Transfer Station & Recycling Center at South Ely Street and 27th Avenue.
Waste Management trucks and Kennewick residents dump trash and yard waste at the facility, where it is compressed before being packed onto trailers and taken out of town to a landfill.
Crews fight smoldering trash fire in Kennewick
Crews fight smoldering trash fire in Kennewick
Smoldering trash inside a Kennewick Waste Management station covered the evening sky Sunday with thick smoke as dozens of firefighters worked to ventilate the metal building.
Crews were still on the scene 51/2 hours after they first got the call of smoke coming from the Kennewick Transfer Station & Recycling Center, so officials weren't available to provide the cause or details about their efforts.
Kennewick firefighters stationed just a block away on 27th Avenue were the first to respond at 5 p.m. to 2627 S. Ely St.
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